For Blaugust this year I decided to publish a series of cryptic crossword posts.
I'm aiming for one a day.
Many of our friends over the years have said that cryptic crosswords don't make sense. They certainly do play with your mind, and that is why I take delight in them. I love the surprising discovery inside a puzzle and the challenge of twisting the usual thought patterns and making them do something different.
So here is today's offering...
Crossword compilers love to mislead you with tricky turns of phrase.
I've seen some great ones lately
Nervously pin pad inside ruler when grasping the issue (Advertiser July 8)
Ruler is king
Take the letters from pin pad (nervously) and put them inside of King.
The funny bit is the straight clue... "grasping the issue"
The answer is kidnapping!! Get it???
Here's another that misled us initially..
Mark, a bone head, is a six footer (6) The Advertiser July 7 2016
Mark is scar
A is a
Bone head is b
We naturally thought a six footer was a man, but no, it is an insect. We were looking for a type of insect...a scarab beetle.!!
Happy puzzling.
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